Doctors Replace Man’s Severed Thumb With His Big Toe

[James Byrne] Source: LYBIO.net
I had not thumb at all, my hand was pretty much useless. Here we are 4 days later and this is all working and mechanically it’s all correct.

[Reporter]
And does a toe make a good thumb, do you think?

[James Byrne]
Ah, I think it does, ya, you know it’s all – it’s – it was that or it was nothing else really so ya

[Reporter]
Just a little bigger than the other one, obviously

[James Byrne] Source: LYBIO.net
It is ever so slightly but ah, I think I can get used to that – it’s the lesser of two evils – I can – I can sacrifice it to have my hand back

Cause it’s really important for your work, isn’t it? Tell us what you do and how you going to be able to get back to work?

[James Byrne]
It is, ya, I’m a plant operator and I ___ paving for a living. So, to not have my hand, my left hand, I wasn’t able to pick anything up, I didn’t have grip strength and now I have this back it basically means I can go back really start earning a decent living again.

[Reporter]
Look after your family, including your son.

[James Byrne]
That’s right.

[Reporter]
And you can play with him

[James Byrne]
That’s right, I look forward to being back out hopefully in a couple of weeks or months when I am fully recovered, back out in a Rugby field, throwing the balls around and having a bit of fun.

[Reporter]
Do you think you would be limping a little bit, cause of course you lost your big toe, is that gonna incapacitate you somehow?

[James Byrne] Source: LYBIO.net
I did, ya, I’ll never be able to run again, like I did before the operation but hopefully jogging and walking shouldn’t be a problem at all.

[Reporter]
Just how much does it feel like a miracle like a medical miracle

[James Byrne] Source: LYBIO.net
I just feel really really lucky that ah you know Mr. Dr. Umraz Khan and and the team were able to – they were able to rebuild this for me, it’s not often it happens. You know, I was – I was very lucky they choose to do it for me.

Doctors Replace Man’s Severed Thumb With His Big Toe. James Byrne: I did, ya, I’ll never be able to run again, like I did before the operation but hopefully jogging and walking shouldn’t be a problem at all. Complete Full Transcript, Dialogue, Remarks, Saying, Quotes, Words And Text.